CSS named color
Medium Violet Red #C71585
The CSS keyword mediumvioletred is #C71585. It is a vivid pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.553, chroma 0.222 and hue 349.7°.
- Relative luminance
- 0.1437
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.553 · 0.222 · 349.7
- Best text
- White 5.42:1
- Hue family
- Pink
#C71585 color codes
- HEX
#C71585- RGB
rgb(199, 21, 133)- HSL
hsl(322, 81%, 43%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.553 0.222 349.7)- OKLab
oklab(0.553 0.218 -0.040)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 44.77, a* 70.99, b* -15.17- XYZ (D65)
X 28.06, Y 14.38, Z 23.48- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 89%, 33%, 22%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Legibility
Contrast: is #C71585 accessible?
White text on it reaches 5.42:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 3.87:1, enough for large text only.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
3.87:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +29
-
White text on it
5.42:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −80
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As text on black
3.87:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −26
-
As text on white
5.42:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +75
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#C71585 5.42:1
It already reaches 5.42:1 on white, so no change is needed.
-
For text on black
#D42890 4.50:1
Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.55 to 0.59 reaches 4.50:1 on black, keeping the hue.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #C71585 live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #C71585
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #C71585 sits at step 600.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #C71585 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.231; #C71585 uses 96% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.259 there: 12% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.222
- sRGB edge
- 0.231
- Display P3 edge
- 0.259
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.304
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 504 nm
- Excitation purity
- 62%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.4256, y 0.2181
- This color#C71585
- Most vivid in sRGB#CA0086
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.553 0.259 349.7)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #c71585;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.7539 0 0.5204); }
}Mixing
Mixing #C71585
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#E38AC2
- OKLab50%#EC99C1
- OKLCH50%#EC99C1
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#640B43
- OKLab50%#4C0330
- OKLCH50%#4C0330
Its complement #008768
- sRGB50%#644E77
- OKLab50%#8C6577
- OKLCH50%#966900
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #c71585, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #c71585 50%, white);In use
#C71585 in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:15.42:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.42:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:15.42:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.42:1 Passes
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:15.42:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.45:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.45:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.45:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #DE3599 4.52:1
Color vision
How #C71585 looks with color blindness
Protanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 34.4; tritanopia changes it least, 14.3.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#3D5787 ΔE2000 34.4
Distinct
Reads as dark muted blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#707481 ΔE2000 28.3
Distinct
Reads as grayish blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#D6004F ΔE2000 14.3
Distinct
Reads as vivid pink
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#6A6A6A ΔE2000 27.7
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #008768. Their lightness contrast is only 1.20:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #C71585 · #008768 | 50.5 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #3D5787 · #837D66 | 34.0 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #707481 · #75726A | 11.4 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #D6004F · #00887E | 64.1 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #6A6A6A · #777777 | 5.1 | Harder to tell apart |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #C71585
Its complement is #008768, a soft green, on the cool side of the wheel.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#C71585
- Complement#008768
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#A733C1
- Base#C71585
- +30°#D50138
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#C71585
- +120°#787800
- +240°#007DA6
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#C71585
- +150°#2A8900
- +210°#008388
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-mediumvioletred: #c71585;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
mediumvioletred: '#c71585',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-mediumvioletred: oklch(0.553 0.222 349.7);
}{
"color": {
"mediumvioletred": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.7804, 0.0824, 0.5216],
"hex": "#c71585"
},
"$description": "CSS named color mediumvioletred"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let mediumvioletred = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.780, green: 0.082, blue: 0.522, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Mediumvioletred = Color(0xFFC71585)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #C71585 in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.